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Here in Naples, Thunderstorms all morning. Plants love all this rain. My plants are smiling as they grow. Yesterday was quite windy but sunny. When Fay was here it was really getting wild outside. One tree was leaning some branches on the lani screen, Skip cut them off. Fay wasn't even a cat 1. That's why Skip always puts up the shutters. I can only imagine what a cat 2 or beyond would do, you never know. Last night on the local news they said there is another tropical depression trying to get going. They said this one looks healthy for developement. Joy oh joy. Put the plants on the lanai, take the plants off the lanai. Put up the shutters take the shutters down, and so it goes. Many Blessings, Marie L. in Florida.

AT 123 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MINOR FLOODING. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HILTON HEAD AIRPORT TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRITCHARDVILLE... OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HILTON HEAD ISLAND TO 8 MILES NORTH OF SAVANNAH... MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH.

RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AS A BAND OF SHOWERS MOVES ONSHORE. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN SOME AREAS ALREADY.

LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BLUFFTON...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...PRITCHARDVILLE.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.

One comprehensive site I like for storm info is linked below. It has several printed reports for a lead in, but scroll down and there are a lot of graphic maps that are useful and web cam links in Florida that show real time images.

That NE wind is really keeping the tide in. Think hurricane force winds from the same direction. The last flood in this area was the 1940 storm, a Category 1, that put a shrimp boat on Bay Street in Beaufort and caused 5 feet of salt water under the homes on the Old Point. I still remember seeing a small cottage on the river bank floating off its foundations and cruising down the river. No one was inside. Sorry, no photos, just memories.

I'm in Volusia County, Florida and we are really getting it today. Our house is leaking around the windows and the rain is beating against them. So we're doing the towel brigade and drying the towels in the dryer constantly. It's a real mess and I don't know how long it will be before we have relief.

I sent you two photos. I just drove home from HH and it was a nightmare with most roads flooded and people driving like the roads were dry. I've never seen the Intercoastal Waterway so high.. it is beautiful.